Belfast Ballynafeigh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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Belfast Ballynafeigh Parliament of Northern Ireland Borough constituency
Belfast Ballynafeigh shown within Belfast and Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Created:	1929
Abolished:	1973
Election Method:	First past the post

Belfast Ballynafeigh was a constituency of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Politics 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

Belfast Ballynafeigh was a borough constituency comprising part of southern Belfast. It was created in 1929 when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first past the post elections throughout Northern Ireland.

Belfast Ballynafeigh was created by the division of Belfast South into four new constituencies. It survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament, until the Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued in 1972 and formally abolished in 1973.^[1]

[edit] Politics

In common with other seats in south Belfast, the constituency was strongly unionist. It was consistently won by Ulster Unionist Party candidates, although independent Unionst and labour candidates also stood.^[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1929	Thomas Moles	Ulster Unionist Party
	1933
	1937	Frederick Thompson
	1945
	1949	Ivan Neill
	1950
	1953
	1958
	1962
	1965
	1969
	1973	Constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

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General Election 22 May 1929: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Moles	5,152	59.4	N/A
	Independent Unionist	W. K. Gibson	3,525	40.6	N/A
Majority			1,627	18.8	N/A
	Ulster Unionist gain from new seat		Swing	N/A

General Election 30 November 1933: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Moles	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Moles

By-election 02 April 1937: Belfast Ballynafeigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Thompson	unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 9 February 1938: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Thompson	7,221	70.4	N/A
	Independent	W. McMillan	3,037	29.6	N/A
Majority			4,184	40.8	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 14 June 1945: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Thompson	5,775	48.5
	Commonwealth Labour	William Kennedy	3,715	31.2	N/A
	Labour (NI)	J. R. Baine	2,424	20.3	N/A
Turnout			21,069	45.78
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 10 February 1949: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Neill	unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 22 October 1953: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Neill	5,495	67.2	N/A
	Independent Unionist	V. S. McVea	2,682	32.8	N/A
Majority			2,813	34.4
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 20 March 1958: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Neill	5,273	61.4
	Independent Unionist	V. S. McVea	3,320	38.6
Majority			1,953	22.8
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 31 May 1962: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Neill	5,474	57.8
	Labour (NI)	F. D. Hazard	2,736	28.9	N/A
	Liberal	J. B. Rosenfield	1,255	13.3	N/A
Majority			2,738	28.9
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 25 November 1965: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Neill	5,010	65.6
	Labour (NI)	J. E. Holmes	2,624	34.4
Majority			2,386	31.2
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 24 February 1969: Belfast Ballynafeigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Neill	6,523	70.9
	Labour (NI)	J. E. Holmes	2,675	29.1
Majority			3,848	41.8
	Ulster Unionist hold		Swing

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} The Northern Ireland House of Commons, 1921-1972, Northern Ireland Elections
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Boroughs: Belfast

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